Tag: social networking

  • A personal blog beats any social network

    A personal blog beats any social network

    Elon Musk buys Twitter As the news on Elon Musk buying Twitter has blown up today, people are looking for alternatives to the bird app. I know a lot of people have moved to Mastodon (including myself), and while it’s a fantastic alternative, it still doesn’t beat blogging. It’s a similar story for Instagram. As…

  • VERO is a great place for bloggers

    VERO is a great place for bloggers

    I’m using Vero to share my blog posts, and you should too! We’ve all heard of the fallout between photographers and Instagram. The platform started as a place for sharing lovely stills, and moments in time. They eventually grew and allowed for video creation which is fair, and it was good for a while. The…

  • Blogging as a social network

    Blogging as a social network

    Ever thought about creating your own social network or escaping the usual suspects? You can build your own with zero knowledge.

  • Favourite connections of the year 2020

    Favourite connections of the year 2020

    It’s been 2 years since my last “favourite connections of the year”. This year has been a little rubbish, and I feel it’s a perfect time to bring it back. I feel like I have made a ton of new friends online this year, and if I miss anyone out, I do apologise.

  • How I got my blog to 3,893 views last month

    How I got my blog to 3,893 views last month

    Learn how I use social media in order to gain over 3,000 views from throughout July.

  • The demise of social networks

    For what seems like forever, I wanted to create my very own social networking site. At first, it was going to compete with Facebook, have reactions (before they invented it), and use open technologies. I started creating something with my custom PHP, I created the ability to register, log in and add friends. It was…

  • We don’t need a social networking website. We need building websites to be more accessible.

    Some may know that I’ve been wanting to build an open source social networking website for a long time. The trouble with building a social networking site is there is so much to do. Especially if you want to build something that’s on par with the likes of Facebook.